BBC News Royal Mail lorry ploughs into house in GosportBBC NewsA couple in Gosport have had to be rescued after a Royal Mail lorry ploughed into their house. The house in Wheatsheaf Mews, off Brockhurst Road was struck by the 7.5 tonne lorry just after 06:00 GMT. Firefighters had to remove a window from the…
Icahn: EBay Should Sell 20% of PayPalWall Street JournalIn a notice on his website Wednesday, Mr. Icahn called on eBay to sell 20% of PayPal to the public, while keeping the remaining stake. "Before the transaction is consummated the companies could enter into a long-term, commercially viable contract, … More: continued here
3 Shares Analysts Hate: Royal Bank Of Scotland Group plc, SSE PLC And Royal…The Motley Fool UKCredit Suisse's analysts reckon Royal Mail will lose some £540m of sales within five years, “which would fall largely to the bottom line”. The analysts believe Royal Mail's margin targets are “overly ambitious”, leaving the valuation looking “stretched ……
Business Insider Carl Icahn Wants eBay To Take 20% Of PayPal PublicBusiness InsiderWe believe eBay could easily conduct an Initial Public Offering of PayPal, selling 20% to the public. eBay would retain 80% of PayPal with control. Before the transaction is consummated the companies could enter into a long-term, commercially viable … More: continued here
ThinkProgress Governors Will Shield More Than One Million Families From Food Stamp CutsThinkProgressOver a million families will escape food stamp cuts thanks to the growing number of governors who are taking steps to negate the complicated safety net cut built into the recent farm bill. In the past week, the leaders of Rhode Island, Montana,…
Slate Magazine We Can Improve the Banking System and Save the Post Office—All in One StepSlate MagazineAnother is to reduce expenses by closing post offices and ending Saturday mail delivery. The third is competing head-to-head with Federal Express and UPS in parcel delivery. These are perfectly reasonable ideas, but they're also limited ones. To keep…
MPs Attack Sale Of Royal Mail Postcode DatabaseYahoo News UKThe Government has been slammed for selling a valuable database of every British postcode and address in last year's flotation of the Royal Mail. Ministers were strongly criticised for including the register, which contains 1.8 million postcodes and … More: continued here
Postal employees with mobile "swipe and go" devices will help make service more efficient for customers at Minot Post Office. Other area post offices also will be seeing longer hours and customer services changes as part of a U.S. More: continued here
EBay Applauds Icahn's Retreat From Push to Separate PayPal UnitBusinessweekIcahn, who took a stake in EBay in January and began campaigning for a split, proposed today an initial public offering for 20 percent of PayPal. EBay, which rejected Icahn's original proposal, reiterated today that the businesses should remain … More: continued here
CNBC.com 'Latin eBay' has a problem: VenezuelaCNBC.comAmong the most exposed to the turbulent country is New York exchange-listed MercadoLibre, which has a business much like eBay's in the largest markets across South America. The online marketplace, in which the actual eBay owns an 18 percent stake, … More: continued here